Flash Harry is the sixteenth studio album by Harry Nilsson. Originally released only in the U.K. and Japan, it was not issued in the United States until August 2013. Upon release it received little promotion from Mercury, with no proper single from the album.

The album features Nilsson's own recording of "Old Dirt Road", co-written and performed with John Lennon on Lennon's album Walls and Bridges (1974), Lennon's last album of original songs before his six-year hiatus.

Shortly after the release of this album, Nilsson retired from recording. Though he would subsequently reverse his decision and record various songs for film soundtracks in the 1980s and 1990s, he never issued another full album. (Hours before his 1994 death, Nilsson finished recording the final vocal tracks for a planned 'comeback' album, but it has yet to be released.)

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Album
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Album, is a collection of audio recordings issued as a single item on CD, record, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century, first as books of individual 78rpm records, vinyl LPs are still issued, though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl, an album may be recorded in a recording studio, in a concert venue, at home, in the field, or a mix of places. Recording may take a few hours to years to complete, usually in several takes with different parts recorded separately. Recordings that are done in one take without overdubbing are termed live, the majority of studio recordings contain an abundance of editing, sound effects, voice adjustments, etc. With modern recording technology, musicians can be recorded in separate rooms or at times while listening to the other parts using headphones. Album covers and liner notes are used, and sometimes additional information is provided, such as analysis of the recording, historically, the term album was applied to a collection of various items housed in a book format. In musical usage the word was used for collections of pieces of printed music from the early nineteenth century. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, the LP record, or 33 1⁄3 rpm microgroove vinyl record, is a gramophone record format introduced by Columbia Records in 1948. It was adopted by the industry as a standard format for the album. Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, the term album had been carried forward from the early nineteenth century when it had been used for collections of short pieces of music. Later, collections of related 78rpm records were bundled in book-like albums, as part of a trend of shifting sales in the music industry, some commenters have declared that the early 21st century experienced the death of the album. Sometimes shorter albums are referred to as mini-albums or EPs, Albums such as Tubular Bells, Amarok, Hergest Ridge by Mike Oldfield, and Yess Close to the Edge, include fewer than four tracks. There are no rules against artists such as Pinhead Gunpowder referring to their own releases under thirty minutes as albums. These are known as box sets, material is stored on an album in sections termed tracks, normally 11 or 12 tracks. A music track is a song or instrumental recording. The term is associated with popular music where separate tracks are known as album tracks. When vinyl records were the medium for audio recordings a track could be identified visually from the grooves

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Harry Nilsson
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Harry Edward Nilsson III, usually credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who achieved the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering overdub experiments, returns to the Great American Songbook, born in Brooklyn, Nilsson fled to Los Angeles as a teenager and landed a job as a computer programmer at a local bank. In 1966, he debuted with Spotlight on Nilsson followed by Pandemonium Shadow Show, after a brief period of widely publicized, alcohol-fueled antics with his fellow Hollywood Vampire members in the mid 1970s, Nilsson left RCA, and his record output subsequently diminished. In response to John Lennons 1980 death by shooting, he took a hiatus from the industry to campaign for gun control. For the rest of his life, he recorded only on sporadic occasions, in 1994, Nilsson died of a heart attack while in the midst of recording new material for a since-unreleased comeback album. In 2015, Nilsson was voted No, the RIAA have certified Nilssons albums Nilsson Schmilsson and Son of Schmilsson as gold records, indicating over 500,000 units sold each. His singles to reach the US top 10 were Everybodys Talkin, Without You, Nilsson was born in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in 1941. His paternal grandparents were Swedish circus performers and dancers, especially known for their aerial ballet and his maternal grandparents were the cornerstone of his young life. While his grandmother played piano, his grandfather Charlie supported the family in the tiny apartment on Jefferson St in Brooklyn. His father, Harry Edward Nilsson Jr. abandoned the family when Harry was three years old and he grew up with his mother Bette and his younger half-sister. His younger half-brother Drake was left with family or friends during their moves between California and New York, sometimes living with a succession of relatives and stepfathers and his uncle, a mechanic in San Bernardino, California, helped Nilsson improve his vocal and musical abilities. In addition to his half-brother and a half-sister through his mother, because of the poor financial situation of his family, Nilsson worked from an early age, including a job at the Paramount Theatre in Los Angeles. When the theatre closed in 1960, he applied for a job at a bank and he had an aptitude for computers, which were beginning to be employed by banks at the time. He performed so well the bank retained him even after uncovering his deception regarding being a school graduate. He worked on computers at night, and in the daytime pursued his songwriting and singing career. By 1958, Nilsson was intrigued by emerging forms of music, especially rhythm. He had made attempts at performing while he was working at the Paramount, forming a vocal duo with his friend Jerry Smith. The manager at a favorite hangout gave Nilsson a plastic ukulele, which he learned to play, in the 2006 documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson

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Pop music
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Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid 1950s. The terms popular music and pop music are used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular. Pop and rock were synonymous terms until the late 1960s, when they were used in opposition from each other. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music. Pop music is eclectic, and often borrows elements from other such as urban, dance, rock, Latin. Identifying factors include generally short to medium-length songs written in a format, as well as the common use of repeated choruses, melodic tunes. David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop music as a body of music which is distinguishable from popular, jazz, according to Pete Seeger, pop music is professional music which draws upon both folk music and fine arts music. Although pop music is seen as just the singles charts, it is not the sum of all chart music, the music charts contain songs from a variety of sources, including classical, jazz, rock, and novelty songs. Pop music, as a genre, is seen as existing and developing separately, pop music continuously evolves along with the terms definition. The term pop song was first recorded as being used in 1926, Hatch and Millward indicate that many events in the history of recording in the 1920s can be seen as the birth of the modern pop music industry, including in country, blues and hillbilly music. The Oxford Dictionary of Music states that while pops earlier meaning meant concerts appealing to a wide audience. Since the late 1950s, however, pop has had the meaning of non-classical mus, usually in the form of songs, performed by such artists as the Beatles. Grove Music Online also states that, in the early 1960s pop music competed terminologically with beat music, while in the USA its coverage overlapped with that of rock and roll. From about 1967, the term was used in opposition to the term rock music. Whereas rock aspired to authenticity and an expansion of the possibilities of music, pop was more commercial, ephemeral. It is not driven by any significant ambition except profit and commercial reward, and, in musical terms, it is essentially conservative. It is, provided from on high rather than being made from below, pop is not a do-it-yourself music but is professionally produced and packaged. The beat and the melodies tend to be simple, with limited harmonic accompaniment, the lyrics of modern pop songs typically focus on simple themes – often love and romantic relationships – although there are notable exceptions

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Mercury Records
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Mercury Records is an American-based record label owned by Universal Music Group. In the United States, it operates through Island Records, in the UK, Mercury Record Corporation was formed in the American city of Chicago in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams, Ray Greenberg and Arthur Talmadge. They were a force in jazz and blues, classical music, rock and roll. Early in the history, Mercury opened two pressing plants, one in Chicago and the other in St. Louis, Missouri. With the use of presses and providing 24-hour turnaround, they went into direct competition with major recording labels such as Columbia, Decca, Capitol. By hiring two promoters, Tiny Hill and Jimmy Hilliard, they penetrated the pop market with such as Frankie Laine, Vic Damone, Tony Fontane. Rather than rely on radio airplay, Mercury initially relied on jukeboxes to promote their music, some early Mercury recordings featured a caricature of him as its logo. In 1947 Jack Rael, a musician and publicist/manager, persuaded Mercury to let Patti Page record a song that had planned to be done by Vic Damone. The budget was too small for them to hire a second singer to provide the parts to Page. The company released a number of recordings under the Mercury label as well as its subsidiaries. In addition, they leased and purchased material by independent labels, under their own label, Mercury released a variety of recording styles from classical music to psychedelic rock. However, its subsidiaries focused on their own specialized categories of music, Mercurys jazz division had two distinct and important fathers. John Hammond brought his expertise and connections when Mercury bought Keynote Records in the late 1940s, and Mercury was the issuing company and distributor for Norman Granzs pre-Norgran/Verve recordings. Although both Hammond and Granz had departed Mercury by the mid-1950s, they established the company in the jazz world, by the early 1960s, Mercury was releasing jazz under the flagship label and was an early leader in the new stereo sound releases. Highlights of the early and mid-1960s included albums by Quincy Jones, Buddy Rich, Cannonball Adderley, Charles Mingus, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Max Roach, in the early 1950s, Norman Granz started his own record company, Norgran, which later became Verve. In an ironic twist, both Mercury and Verve are now owned by Universal Music Group and Mercurys jazz library falls under the Verve division. Since the early 1990s, Verve has reissued many Mercury jazz titles on CD, often taking care to use original master tapes, in 1962, Mercury began marketing a line of phonographs made by Philips bearing the Mercury brand name. In July 1967, Mercury Records became the first U. S. record company to release cassette music tapes, in 1969, Mercury changed its corporate name to Mercury Record Productions Inc. while its parent Conelco became North American Philips Corp after Philips brought control of the company

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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu

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Steve Cropper
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Steven Lee Cropper is an American guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M. G. s and he also acted as the producer of many of these records. He was later a member of the Blues Brothers band, rolling Stone magazine ranked him 39th on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. Born on a farm near Dora, Missouri, Cropper moved with his family to Memphis at the age of nine, bitten by the music bug, Cropper acquired his first mail order guitar at the age of 14. Personal guitar heroes included Tal Farlow, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Reed, Chet Atkins, Lowman Pauling of the Five Royales, Cropper and guitarist Charlie Freeman formed the Royal Spades, who eventually became the Mar-Keys. The name referred to the marquee outside Stax studios, known as Satellite Records at the time, eventually the Mar-Keys began playing on sessions and had a hit single of their own with Last Night in 1961. Besides being impressed with the guitarists playing, Stax Records president Jim Stewart saw professionalism. When American Records founder Chips Moman left Stax, Cropper became the companys A&R man. He became a member of the Stax house band Booker T. & the M. G. s, along with Hammond organ player Booker T. Jones, bassist Donald Duck Dunn. As a house guitarist he played on recordings such as the Dock of the Bay, co-written with and performed by Otis Redding. When Cropper played on the remake by the Blues Brothers. At this time, Croppers fame was not limited to the United States, the Beatles favoured Croppers playing, and his production on Otis Redding records. John Lennon and Paul McCartney made tentative plans to record in Memphis, however Brian Epstein cancelled the sessions, citing security problems. Regarding this period, Rob Bowman, in his book Soulsville U. S. A, the Story of Stax Records, quoted Booker T. In 1969, Cropper released his first solo album, With a Little Help From My Friends, when Cropper left Stax in the fall of 1970, the label lost one of its most successful producers and songwriters. Cropper then set up TMI Studios with Jerry Williams and former Mar-Key Ronnie Stoots, there he played guitar and produced various musicians including Tower of Power, Rod Stewart, John Prine, José Feliciano, The Jeff Beck Group, Ringo Starr and John Lennon. Its little-known that Cropper also played guitar on the cover of The Velvet Undergrounds Femme Fatale that appears on fellow Memphians Big Stars Third/Sister Lovers, by 1975, Cropper had moved to Los Angeles and along with Jackson and Dunn, reformed Booker T. & the M. Gs. Jackson, whom Cropper called the greatest drummer to ever walk the earth, was murdered in his Memphis home before the group could make their comeback

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Popeye (film)
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Popeye is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by Robert Altman. It is a film adaptation of E. C. Segars Popeye comic strip and stars Robin Williams as Popeye the Sailor Man, the film premiered on December 6,1980 in Los Angeles, California, to mixed reviews and disappointing box office results. Harry Nilssons soundtrack received positive reviews. Popeye, a sailor, arrives at the coastal town of Sweethaven while searching for his long-lost father. He is immediately feared by the townsfolk simply because he is a stranger and he rents a room at the Oyl familys boarding house where the Oyls daughter, Olive, is preparing for her engagement party. Her hand is promised to Captain Bluto, a powerful, perpetually angry bully who runs the town in the name of the mysterious Commodore. In the morning, Popeye visits the diner for breakfast and demonstrates his strength as he brawls with a gang of provocative ruffians who give him. On the night of the engagement party, Bluto and the townsfolk arrive at the Oyls home, Olive, however, sneaks out of the house, after discovering that the only attribute she can report for her bullying fiancé is size. She encounters Popeye, who failed to fit in with the townsfolk at the party, the two eventually come across an abandoned baby in a basket. Popeye adopts the child, naming him SweePea, and the two return to the Oyls home, Bluto, however, has grown increasingly furious with Olives absence. He realizes that she means to break off the engagement and he eventually flies into a rage and destroys the house. When he sees Popeye and Olive with SweePea, Bluto beats Popeye into submission, the taxman repossesses the remains of the Oyls home and all their possessions. The Oyls son, Castor, decides to compete against the heavyweight boxer, Oxblood Oxheart. However, Castor is no match for Oxheart and is savagely beaten, Popeye takes the ring in Castors place and defeats Oxheart, putting on a show for the townsfolk and finally earning their respect. Back at home, Popeye and Olive sing SweePea to sleep, the next day, Olive tells Popeye that during his match with Oxheart, she discovered that SweePea can predict the future by whistling when he hears the correct answer to a question. Wimpy, the con artist and petty gambler, overhears and asks to take SweePea out for a walk, though he actually takes him to the horse races. Popeye, however, is outraged, and vents his frustrations to the racing parlors customers, in the chaos, Wimpy, who has been intimidated by Bluto, kidnaps SweePea for him

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AllMusic
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AllMusic is an online music guide service website. It was launched in 1991 by All Media Guide which later became All Media Network, AllMusic was launched in 1991 by Michael Erlewine of All Media Guide. The aim was to discographic information on every artist whos made a record since Enrico Caruso gave the industry its first big boost and its first reference book was published the following year. When first released onto the Internet, AMG predated the World Wide Web and was first available as a Gopher site, the AMG consumer web properties AllMusic. com, AllMovie. com and AllGame. com were sold by Rovi in July 2013 to All Media Network, LLC. All Media Network, LLC. was formed by the founders of SideReel. com. The following are contributors to AllMusic, as of this date, All Media Network also produced the AllMusic guide series that includes the AllMusic Guide to Rock, the All Music Guide to Jazz and the All Music Guide to the Blues. Vladimir Bogdanov is the president of the series, in August 2007, PC Magazine included AllMusic in its Top 100 Classic Websites list. All Media Network AllGame AllMovie SideReel All Music Guide to the Blues All Music Guide to Jazz Stephen Thomas Erlewine Official website

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John Lennon
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John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE was an English singer and songwriter who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful and musically influential band in the history of popular music. He and fellow member Paul McCartney formed a songwriting partnership. Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the craze as a teenager, his first band, the Quarrymen, first became the Silver Beatles. After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he added Ono as one of his middle names, Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to raise his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release, Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing, drawings, on film and in interviews. By 2012, Lennons solo album sales in the United States exceeded 14 million and, as writer, co-writer, or performer, he is responsible for 25 number-one singles on the US Hot 100 chart. In 2002, a BBC poll on the 100 Greatest Britons voted him eighth and, in 2008, Rolling Stone ranked him the fifth-greatest singer of all time. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987, and into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice, in 1988 as a member of the Beatles and in 1994 as a solo artist. Lennon was born in war-time England, on 9 October 1940 at Liverpool Maternity Hospital, to Julia and Alfred Lennon, a merchant seaman of Irish descent and his parents named him John Winston Lennon after his paternal grandfather, John Jack Lennon, and then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill. When he eventually came home six months later, he offered to look after the family, after her sister, Mimi Smith, twice complained to Liverpools Social Services, Julia handed the care of Lennon over to her. In July 1946 Lennons father visited Smith and took his son to Blackpool, Julia followed them—with her partner at the time, Bobby Dykins—and after a heated argument his father forced the five-year-old to choose between them. Lennon twice chose his father, but as his mother walked away, he began to cry and followed her, according to author Mark Lewisohn, Lennons parents agreed that Julia should take him and give him a home as Alf left again. A witness who was there that day, Billy Hall, has said the scene often portrayed with a young John Lennon having to make a decision between his parents never happened. It would be 20 years before he had contact with his father again, Throughout the rest of his childhood and adolescence he lived at Mendips,251 Menlove Avenue, Woolton with his aunt and uncle, Mimi and George Smith, who had no children of their own. His aunt purchased volumes of stories for him, and his uncle. In September 1980, Lennon commented about his family and his rebellious nature, Part of me would like to be accepted by all facets of society, but I cannot be what I am not. I was the one who all the other boys parents—including Pauls father—would say, the parents instinctively recognised I was a troublemaker, meaning I did not conform and I would influence their children, which I did. I did my best to disrupt every friends home, partly out of envy that I didnt have this so-called home

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Walls and Bridges
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Walls and Bridges is the fifth studio album by English musician John Lennon. It was issued by Apple Records on 26 September 1974 in the United States, written, recorded and released during his 18-month separation from Yoko Ono, the album captured Lennon in the midst of his Lost Weekend. Walls and Bridges was an American Billboard number one album and featured two hit singles, Whatever Gets You thru the Night and #9 Dream. The first of these was Lennons first number one hit in the United States as a solo artist, the album was certified silver in the UK, and gold in the US. In June 1973, as Lennon was about to record Mind Games, Ono decided that she, while Lennon and Pang were living in Los Angeles, John took the opportunity to get reacquainted with his son, Julian, whom he had not seen in four years. Lennon had planned to record an album of rock n roll oldies with producer Phil Spector, Lennon and Pang returned to New York and Spector disappeared with these session tapes. Around this time, Lennon had written new songs during a stay at The Pierre. Lennon was rehearsing his new material with a handful of musicians at Record Plant East in New York City in July 1974, musicians included Jim Keltner on drums, Klaus Voormann on bass, Jesse Ed Davis on guitar, and Arthur Jenkins on percussion. These were some of the players Lennon had been with in Los Angeles, the core players would be billed on the album as the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band, a variation on the Plastic Ono Band conceptual group moniker that many of Lennons solo efforts were credited to. The musicians worked out their own arrangements in a time. Ron Aprea, saxophonist from the Little Big Horns, said that, Since he had no training in arranging, he would sit in the control room. If he liked what we played, he would let us know, If we thought we could get it better, he would say go for it. Aprea also said that the section was done in a two-week period. Lennon later said that it had been a year for me personally. And Im almost amazed that I could get anything out, but I enjoyed doing Walls and Bridges and it wasnt hard when I had the whole thing to go into the studio and do it. Im surprised it wasnt just all bluuuuuuggggghhhhh, several rehearsals were released on the posthumous albums Menlove Ave. and John Lennon Anthology. After the basic tracks were recorded, the process of overdubbing began, overdub engineer Jimmy Iovine said the sessions were the most professional I have still been on. John knew what he wanted, he knew how to get what he was going for, he was going after a noise and his solo thing had an incredible sound to it

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Eric Idle
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Eric Idle is an English comedian, actor, voice actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician, writer and comedic composer. Idle is a member of the British surreal comedy group Monty Python, a member of The Rutles, Idle was born in Harton, near South Shields in County Durham, to which his mother had been evacuated from the north west of England. His mother, Norah Barron, was a visitor and his father, Ernest Idle, served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. His mother had difficulty coping with a job and bringing up a child, so when Idle was seven. At this time, the school was a foundation dedicated to the education. Idle is quoted as saying, It was an abusive, bullying. I got used to dealing with groups of boys and getting on with life in unpleasant circumstances and being smart and funny, Idle stated that the two things that made his life bearable were listening to Radio Luxembourg under the bedclothes and watching the local football team, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Despite this, he disliked other sports and would sneak out of school every Thursday afternoon to the local cinema, Idle was eventually caught watching the X-rated film BUtterfield 8 and stripped of his prefecture, though by that time he was head boy. Idle had already refused to be senior boy in the cadet force. Idle maintains that there was little to do at the school, Idle attended Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied English. At Pembroke, he was invited to join the prestigious Cambridge University Footlights Club by the president of the Footlights Club, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Idle started at Cambridge only a year after future fellow-Pythons Graham Chapman and John Cleese. He became Footlights President in 1965 and was the first to allow women to join the club, Idle starred in the childrens television comedy series Do Not Adjust Your Set co-starring his future Python fellows Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Terry Gilliam provided animations for the show, the shows cast also included comic actors David Jason and Denise Coffey. Idle also appeared as guest in episodes of the television series At Last the 1948 Show. The other Pythons usually worked in teams and Cleese admitted that this was slightly unfair – when the Pythons voted on which sketches should appear in a show, however, he also says that Idle was an independent person and worked best on his own. Idle himself admitted this was difficult, You had to convince five others. And they were not the most un-egotistical of writers, either, a number of his sketches involve extended monologues, and he would frequently spoof the unnatural language and speech patterns of television presenters. The second-youngest member of the Pythons, Idle was closest in spirit to the students, Idle originally wrote Nudge, Nudge for Ronnie Barker, but it was rejected because there was no joke in the words

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Lowell George
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Lowell Thomas George was an American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer, who was the primary guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the rock band Little Feat. Lowell George was born in Hollywood, California, the son of Willard H. George, Georges first instrument was the harmonica. At the age of six he appeared on Ted Macks Original Amateur Hour performing a duet with his older brother, as a student at Hollywood High School, he took up the flute in the school marching band and orchestra. He had already started to play Hamptons acoustic guitar at age 11, progressed to the guitar by his high school years. During this period, George viewed the teen idol-oriented rock and roll of the era with contempt, instead favoring West Coast jazz and the soul jazz of Les McCann & Mose Allison. Following graduation in 1963, he worked at a gas station to support himself while studying art and art history at Los Angeles Valley College for two years. He married Elizabeth George, with whom he had a daughter, Inara George, who is half of the musical duo The Bird, George died just before Inaras fifth birthday. Initially funded by the sale of his grandfathers stock, Georges first band The Factory formed in 1965 and released at least one single on the Uni Records label, Smile, Let Your Life Begin. Members included future Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward, Martin Kibbee who would later co-write several Little Feat songs with George, frank Zappa produced two tracks for the band, but they were not released until 1993 on the album Lightning-Rod Man, credited to Lowell George and The Factory. The band made an appearance on the 1960s sitcom F Troop as The Bedbugs and they were also featured in an episode of Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C. They appeared in the scene inside the A-Go-Go club, with their music playing loudly. They received credits at the end of the episode as The Factory Lowell-Warren-Martin-Rich, following the disbanding of The Factory, George briefly joined The Standells. During this period, he absorbed Zappas autocratic leadership style and avant garde-influenced conceptual/procedural-oriented compositional methods and he earned his first production credit on Permanent Damage, an album recorded by groupie group The GTOs. George later asserted that he performed no real function in the band, Georges electric slide guitar skills are also featured on Bonnie Raitts Takin My Time album on tracks, I Feel the Same and Guilty. After leaving the Mothers of Invention, George invited fellow musicians to form a new band, George usually played lead guitar and focused on slide guitar. Mark Brend wrote that Georges use of compression defined his sound, when not working with Little Feat, George lent his talents as a session player. George played guitar on John Cales 1973 album Paris 1919, Harry Nilssons Son of Schmilsson album and the Meters Just Kissed My Baby in 1974, in 1976 he played on Jackson Brownes The Pretender. Also with the Meters, Georges slide work features prominently on Robert Palmers first solo studio album, palmerss follow up record, 1975s Pressure Drop was produced by Lowell, and Little Feat were the core band on the sessions

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Van Dyke Parks
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Van Dyke Parks is an American composer, arranger, record producer, instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, author, and actor. He is known for his collaborations with the musician Brian Wilson, in addition to producing records by other artists, Parks has released several studio albums of his own recordings, Song Cycle, Discover America, Clang of the Yankee Reaper, Jump. Tokyo Rose, Orange Crate Art, Songs Cycled, and one album, Moonlighting. He has also established himself in motion pictures and over the years has directed, arranged, produced, on occasion, he has taken small acting roles. Born in 1943 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as the youngest of four children, he was raised in Lake Charles and his older brothers played brass instruments. His father Richard Hill Parks III was a doctor who served as chief officer in the Dachau liberation reprisals. Having studied with Karl Menninger, Richards specific medical specialties were neurology and psychiatry, Richard was also a part-time clarinetist and had a dance band to get through med school, Dick Parks and His White Swan Serenaders. Van Dykes mother was a Hebraic scholar, growing up, there were two grand pianos nestled in the family living room, and at age 4, Parks began studying the clarinet. He attended the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey, studying voice and piano, Parks also was a street urchin in La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera and sang the title role of Amahl and the Night Visitors at New York City Opera. During his childhood, Parks became extremely fond of old-style American music and this interest in Depression-era songwriting would correlate heavily with his artistic goals and interests during the 1960s and beyond. He was also affected by musicians Spike Jones and Les Paul. Parks has said that the first record he ever purchased may have been Dean Martins Memories Are Made of This and he began his professional career as a child actor. Between 1953 and 1958 he worked steadily in films and television, including the 1956 movie The Swan and he appeared as Ezio Pinzas son Andrew Bonino on the NBC television show Bonino. One of his costars on Bonino was 14-year-old Chet Allen, who appeared as Jerry Bonino, Parks and Allen were roommates at the Boychoir School. Parks also had a role as Little Tommy Manicotti on Jackie Gleasons The Honeymooners. Parks majored in music at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1962, Parks began studying acoustic guitar. According to Parks, he learned 50 requinto solos of Mexican boleros, the group included future RCA Records producer and recording artist Rick Jarrard. Parks later said of decision, Going to California meant I escaped John Cage

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I Don't Need You
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I Dont Need You is a song written by Rick Christian and recorded by American country music artist Kenny Rogers. It was released in June 1981 as the single from Rogers album Share Your Love. The song was first recorded and released as a single in 1978 by Rick Christian himself at Shoe Productions, a recording company in Memphis, TN. Harry Nilsson recorded it in 1979 and released it on his Flash Harry album in 1980, after the success of that record, Rogers asked Richie to produce his next album, Share Your Love. Although the original plan was for Richie to write all the songs for Rogers forthcoming album, I Dont Need You, written by Rick Christian, was one of those songs. Chosen as the single, I Dont Need You spent two weeks at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1981. The song also rose to number 1 on two other Billboard music charts, the chart as well as the adult contemporary chart. It remained atop the chart for six weeks in July. Rogers has been quoted describing I Dont Need You as. still to this day one of my songs, although he admitted that I dont think I ever met Rick Christian. Rick Christian - single Harry Nilsson, recorded in 1979 and released on his album Flash Harry in 1980 The Carpenters, recorded in 1980, madeleine Marks on her Self-Titled album Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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Ringo Starr
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Richard Starkey, MBE, known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals, usually for one song on an album, including With a Little Help from My Friends, Yellow Submarine and their cover of Act Naturally. He also wrote the Beatles songs Dont Pass Me By and Octopuss Garden, Starr was twice afflicted by life-threatening illnesses during childhood, and as a result of prolonged hospitalisations fell behind in school. In 1955, he entered the workforce and briefly held a position with British Rail before securing an apprenticeship at a Liverpool equipment manufacturer, soon afterwards, he became interested in the UK skiffle craze, developing a fervent admiration for the genre. In 1957, he cofounded his first band, the Eddie Clayton Skiffle Group, when the Beatles formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool group, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. After achieving moderate success with that band in the UK and Hamburg, he quit the Hurricanes and joined the Beatles in August 1962, Starr played key roles in the Beatles films and appeared in numerous others. After the bands break-up in 1970, he released several singles including the US number four hit It Dont Come Easy. In 1972, he released his most successful UK single, Back Off Boogaloo and he achieved commercial and critical success with his 1973 album Ringo, which was a top ten release in both the UK and the US. He has been featured in a number of documentaries and hosted television shows, since 1989, he has toured with twelve variations of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. Ringos popularity brought forth a new paradigm and we started to see the drummer as an equal participant in the compositional aspect. His parts are so signature to the songs that you can listen to a Ringo drum part without the rest of the music and he was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2011, Rolling Stone readers named Starr the fifth-greatest drummer of all time. Starr, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a Beatle in 1988, was inducted for his solo career in 2015. Richard Starkey was born on 7 July 1940, at 9 Madryn Street, in Dingle and he is the only child of confectioners Elsie and Richard Starkey. Elsie enjoyed singing and dancing, a hobby that she shared with her husband, an avid fan of swing. Prior to the birth of their son, whom they nicknamed Ritchie, the couple had spent much of their time on the local ballroom circuit. Elsie adopted an approach to raising her son that bordered on fixation. Subsequently, Big Ritchie, as Starkeys father became known, lost interest in his family, choosing instead to spend hours drinking and dancing in pubs

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Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
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The song touches on the British trait of stoicism with the stiff upper lip spirit in the face of adversity, and became immensely popular. It reached number three on the UK Singles Charts, and the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London featured a performance of the song by Idle. Despite being initially underwhelmed, the group warmed to Idles efforts, while practicing during a break in filming, Idle found that it worked better if sung in a more cheeky manner. This new version was used in the film and became one of Monty Pythons most famous compositions, at the relevant point in the film, Brian Cohen has been sentenced to death by crucifixion for his part in a kidnap plot. After a succession of apparent rescue opportunities all come to nothing, as the song progresses, many of the other crucifixion victims begin to dance in a very restricted way and join in with the songs whistled hook. The song continues as the changes to a long-shot of the crosses. An instrumental version plays over the half of the credits. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life was conceived as a parody of the style of song featured in Disney films. It may be considered a song to the entire genre. Its appearance at the end of the film, when the character seems certain to die, is deliberately ironic. It was arranged and conducted by John Altman and recorded at Chappells Studio with a full orchestra, the song appeared on the film soundtrack album, listed as Look on the Bright Side of Life. The subtitle does not appear in the song, and is only used on the soundtrack album. All Things Dull and Ugly was also the title of a track on Monty Pythons Contractual Obligation Album. The song was released on the B-side of the single Brian Song. The song touched a chord with the British trait of stoicism and the upper lip in the face of disaster. In 2005, a survey by Music Choice showed that it was the third most popular song Britons would like played at their funerals. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life had been issued as a single as a double A-side with Brian Song on the release in 1979 and again in 1988. The song became popular in the early 1990s

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Allen Toussaint
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He was a producer for hundreds of recordings, among the best known of which are Right Place, Wrong Time, by his longtime friend Dr. John, and Lady Marmalade, by Labelle. His father, Clarence, worked on the railway and played trumpet, Allen Toussaint learned piano as a child and took informal music lessons from an elderly neighbor, Ernest Pinn. In his teens he played in a band, the Flamingos, with the guitarist Snooks Eaglin, a significant early influence on Toussaint was the syncopated second-line piano style of Professor Longhair. His first recording was in 1957 as a stand-in for Fats Domino on Dominos record I Want You to Know and his first success as a producer also came in 1957 with Lee Allens Walking with Mr. Lee. He began performing regularly in Bartholomews band, and he recorded with Fats Domino, Smiley Lewis, Lee Allen, after being spotted as a sideman by the A&R man Danny Kessler, he initially recorded for RCA Records as Al Tousan. The recordings included Toussaint and Tylers composition Java, which first charted for Floyd Cramer in 1962, Toussaint also recorded and co-wrote songs with Allen Orange in the early 1960s. In 1960, Joe Banashak, of Minit Records and later Instant Records, hired Toussaint as an A&R man and he also did freelance work for other labels, such as Fury. The early to mid-1960s are regarded as Toussaints most creatively successful period, notable examples of his work are Jessie Hills Ooh Poo Pah Doo, Ernie K-Does Mother-in-Law, and Chris Kenners I Like It Like That. A two-sided 1962 hit by Benny Spellman comprised Lipstick Traces and the simple, reddings version of the song was also recorded by the Rolling Stones on their second album. In 1964, A Certain Girl was the B-side of the first single release by the Yardbirds, the song was released again in 1980 by Warren Zevon and in 2007 by Mary Weiss, the former lead singer of the Shangri-Las. Toussaint credited about twenty songs to his parents, Clarence and Naomi and these include Fortune Teller, first recorded by Benny Spellman in 1961, and Work, Work, Work, recorded by the Artwoods in 1966. Alison Krauss and Robert Plant covered Fortune Teller on their 2007 album Raising Sand, Toussaint was drafted into the US Army in 1963 but continued to record when on leave. Dorsey had hits with several of Toussaints songs, including Ride Your Pony, Working in the Coal Mine and they later became known as the Meters. Their backing can be heard in such as Dorseys Ride Your Pony and Working in the Coal Mine, sometimes augmented by horns. Toussaint continued to produce the Meters when they began releasing records under their own name in 1969, one of his compositions, Here Come the Girls, recorded by Ernie K-Doe in 1970, formed the basis of the Sugababes 2008 hit Girls. He arranged horn music for the Bands albums Cahoots and Rock of Ages, boz Scaggs recorded Toussaints What Do You Want the Girl to Do. on his 1976 album Silk Degrees, which reached number 2 on the U. S. pop albums chart. The song was recorded by Bonnie Raitt for her 1975 album Home Plate and by Geoff Muldaur, Lowell George, Vince Gill. In 1976 he also collaborated with John Mayall on the album Notice to Appear, in 1973 Toussaint and Sehorn created the Sea-Saint recording studio in the Gentilly section of eastern New Orleans

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Fred Tackett
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Fred Tackett an American native of Arkansas, is an accomplished songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Originally a session player on guitar, mandolin, and trumpet, in addition to his work with the Little Feat, Tackett has played and recorded with many notable artists, Jimmy Webb among them. He has a side project with another member of Little Feat, he performs as part of a duo with Paul Barrere, as Paul. Tacketts association with Little Feat goes back to a friendship with the founder of the band, working as a session player for other musicians, he continued his friendship with the bandmates, and contributed a song Fool Yourself to their third album Dixie Chicken as well as acoustic guitar. He also contributed guitar to their sixth album Time Loves a Hero, in 1979 he co-wrote songs with Lowell George for both Georges first solo project Thanks, Ill Eat It Here, and Little Feats album Down on the Farm. It was during work on the latter that the groups break-up was announced, in 1983, he performed on the Antilles Records release Swingrass 83. In 1988 Little Feat reformed despite the absence of their front man, and prolific singer, songwriter. The regrouped Little Feat included former members Paul Barrere, Richie Hayward, Bill Payne, Kenny Gradney, all had been former members of Little Feat, except Fuller and Tackett, who had previously made songwriting contributions and session work for the band. Fuller left in 1993, to be replaced by female vocalist Shaun Murphy who remained with the group, Tackett has remained with Little Feat since the day he joined, and has become an integral member of the band. Fred Tackett has played a role in Little Feats music. The 2003 album Kickin It at the Barn featured Tacketts debut as a lead vocalist on his own song In A Town Like This which was also the track from his solo debut album released that year. Tacketts writing partnership with Barrere has developed into an act where the two perform as a duo. This has produced two albums and a DVD. A studio album is currently being prepared

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Donald "Duck" Dunn
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Donald Duck Dunn was an American bass guitarist, session musician, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M. G. s, in 1992, he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Booker T. & the M. G. s. He is ranked number 40 on Bass Player magazines list of The 100 Greatest Bass Players, Dunn was born in Memphis, Tennessee. His father nicknamed him Duck while watching Disney cartoons with him one day, Dunn grew up playing sports and riding his bike with another future professional musician, Steve Cropper. After Cropper began playing guitar with their friend Charlie Freeman, Dunn decided to learn to play the bass guitar, eventually, along with the drummer Terry Johnson, the four became the Royal Spades. Cropper has noted how the self-taught Dunn started out playing along with records, thats why Duck Dunns bass lines are very unique, Cropper said, Theyre not locked into somebodys schoolbook somewhere. Axtons mother, Estelle, and her brother Jim Stewart owned Satellite Records and signed the band, who had a hit with Last Night in 1961 under their new name. Dunn was the bassist on Last Night, but he left the Mar-Keys in 1962 to join Ben Branchs big band, Booker T. and the M. G. s was founded by Cropper and Booker T. Jones in 1962, with the drummer Al Jackson, Jr. The original bassist, on early hits such as Green Onions, was Lewie Steinberg, Stax became known for Jacksons drum sound, the sound of the Memphis Horns, and Dunns grooves. The MGs and Dunns bass lines on songs like Otis Reddings Respect and I Cant Turn You Loose, Sam & Daves Hold On, Im Comin, in the 1970s, Jones and Cropper left Stax, but Dunn and Jackson stayed with the label. Dunn worked with Elvis Presley on his 1973 RCA Album Raised on Rock, Booker T. and the MGs had performed in concert and jammed in the studio with CCR in the past, and Dunn in particular had become friends with the band members. However, CCR ultimately decided to remain a trio from then on, Dunn went on to play for Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart. Dunn was the bassist in Eric Claptons band for Claptons appearance at Live Aid in 1985, Dunn played himself in the 1980 feature The Blues Brothers, where he famously uttered the line, We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline. And was frequently shown smoking a pipe whilst playing and he appeared in the 1998 sequel, Blues Brothers 2000, once again playing himself. In the 2000s Dunn was in semi-retirement, although he performed occasionally with Booker T. & the MGs at clubs. In June 2004, Dunn, Cropper, and Jones served as the band for Eric Claptons Crossroads Guitar Festival. The group backed such guitarists as Joe Walsh and David Hidalgo on the stage at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. In 2008, Dunn worked with the Australian soul singer Guy Sebastian touring for The Memphis Album, Dunn and Cropper arrived in Australia on February 20,2008, to be Sebastians backing band for an 18-date concert tour, the Memphis Tour

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Klaus Voormann
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Klaus Voormann is a German artist, musician, and record producer. He designed artwork for bands including the Beatles, the Bee Gees, Wet Wet Wet. His most notable work as a producer was his work with the band Trio and his association with the Beatles dated back to their time in Hamburg in the early 1960s. Following the bands split, rumours circulated of the formation of a group named the Ladders, consisting of Lennon, Harrison, Starr, in the 1990s, he designed the artwork for the Beatles Anthology albums. In 2009, he released his solo album A Sidemans Journey. Klaus Voormann was born in Berlin, Germany, and raised in the suburbs of North Berlin and his father was a physician and he was one of six brothers. In his July 2010 interview on Talking Germany, Voormann discussed his dyslexia, the Voormann family were interested in art, classical music, and books, with a feeling for history and tradition. His parents decided that instead of studying music it would be best for Klaus to study art in Berlin at the Meisterschule für Grafik und Buchgewerbe. It was in Hamburg that Voormann first met Astrid Kirchherr, after an argument with her and Jürgen Vollmer one day, Voormann wandered down the Reeperbahn, in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, and heard music coming from the Kaiserkeller club. He walked in on a performance by Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, the next group to play was the Beatles. Voormann was left speechless by the performances and he had never heard rock n roll before, having previously only listened to traditional jazz, with some Nat King Cole and Platters mixed in. Voormann invited Kirchherr and Vollmer to watch the performances the next day, after joining Voormann at a performance, the trio decided upon spending as much time as possible close to the group and immersing themselves in the music. During a break, Voormann tried to talk to Lennon, Lennon took little interest, and brushed Voormann off, suggesting that he talk to Stuart Sutcliffe, who, Lennon said, is the artist round here. Sutcliffe did not share Lennons attitude, and was fascinated by the trio and he later wrote that he could hardly take his eyes off them, and had tried to talk to them during the next break, but they had already left the club. Lennon dubbed the trio the Exies, as a joke about their affection for existentialism, Voormann was in a relationship with Kirchherr at the time, and lived just around the corner from her parents upper-class home in the Altona district of Hamburg. Kirchherrs bedroom, which was all in black, including the walls, after the visits to the Kaiserkeller their relationship became purely platonic, as Astrid started dating Sutcliffe, who was fascinated by her, although she always remained a close friend of Voormann. In the early 1960s, Voormann decided to leave Germany and move to London, Voormann lived with Harrison and Ringo Starr for a time before finding work as a commercial artist and renting an apartment of his own. He returned to Hamburg in 1963, where he founded a band with Paddy Chambers, Voormann and Gibson Kemp called Paddy, in 1966, Voormann returned to London and was asked by Lennon to design the sleeve for the album Revolver

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Bill Payne
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William Bill Payne co-founded, with Lowell George, the American rock band Little Feat. He is considered by other rock pianists, including Elton John, to be one of the finest American piano rock. In addition to his trademark barrelhouse blues piano, he is noted for his work on other keyboard instruments, Payne is also an accomplished songwriter whose credits include writing the Little Feat classic, Oh, Atlanta. Following the death of Little Feat drummer Richie Hayward on August 12,2010, Payne has worked and recorded with other musicians including J. J. He was a guest performer on Bonnie Raitts album Sweet Forgiveness in 1977, paul Barrere and Bill Payne played several live concerts with Phil Lesh and Friends, from October 1999 through July 2000. Payne was a member of Boulder band Leftover Salmon from 2014 until December 2015, in August 2015, Payne was selected to play keyboards for The Doobie Brothers after their keyboardist Guy Allison was called to work on an album project in Japan. In the few weeks of touring with the Doobies, he was featured with the band, paynes temporary term ended in early September after the Doobies concert at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey. However, in December 2015 Payne rejoined the Doobies as a touring member, Payne was a pioneer in the development of online music communities. In the early 1990s, he contacted his fan base and enlisted the help of friend Jay Herbst to develop the Little Feat Grass-roots Movement. This model went on to be a template for many bands in the creation of their Street Teams and this method has proven to be an effective vehicle for bringing bands and fans closer together, and forging friendships between them. Payne now also works as a commercial photographer. S. T

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Dr. John
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He performed a wildly theatrical stage show inspired by medicine shows, Mardi Gras costumes, and voodoo ceremonies. Rebennack has recorded more than 20 albums and in 1973 scored a hit with Right Place Wrong Time. The winner of six Grammy Awards, Rebennack was inducted into the Rock, in May 2013, Rebennack was the recipient of an honorary doctorate of fine arts from Tulane University. He was jokingly referred to by Tulanes president, Scott Cowen, born in New Orleans in 1940, Dr. John has said that his French lineage took root there some time in the early 1800s. Growing up in the Third Ward, he found musical inspiration in the minstrel tunes sung by his grandfather. He did not take lessons before his teens, and only endured a short stint in choir before getting kicked out. Throughout his adolescence his fathers connections enabled him access to the rooms of burgeoning rock artists such as Little Richard. From these exposures he advanced into clubs and onto the stage with varying local artists, most notably, and I thought, Wow, I never seen nobody dressed like this guy. Just everything about the man was totally hip, and he had gloves on him, too, beautiful silk gloves. At age 16 he was hired by Johnny Vincent as a producer at Ace Records, There, he worked with artists like James Booker and Earl King, his musical experience expanding notably. He struggled through intermittent years of high school, while a student at Jesuit High School, he was already playing in night clubs, something the Jesuit fathers disapproved of. They told him to stop playing in clubs or leave the school. According to lore, this was the seed of his classic, Right Place, eventually he focused entirely on music. Thereafter an entry into heavy narcotics use would fuel his desire to get out of New Orleans and move to California where his character and he had a regional hit with a Bo Diddley-influenced instrumental called Storm Warning on Rex Records in 1959. During these days he was an A&R man producing, with Charlie Miller, monophonic singles on 45s for Johnny Vincent and Joe Corona for such labels as Ace, Ron, Ric. For these sessions he oversaw A&R and the section while Miller wrote the horn arrangements. It was a team until Miller decided to move to New York. After the injury, Rebennack concentrated on guitar before making piano his main instrument

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Bobby Keys
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Robert Henry Bobby Keys was an American saxophonist who performed with other musicians as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Nilsson, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, George Harrison, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keys played on hundreds of recordings and was a touring musician from 1956 until his death in 2014. Keys was born at Lubbock Army Airfield near Slaton, Texas and his mother, Lucy Keys, was 16 when she gave birth to Robert Henry, her first child. By 1946, Bill Keys got a job for the Santa Fe Railroad in Belen, the family moved to Belen, New Mexico, but young Robert stayed with his grandparents in Slaton, Texas, an arrangement he was quite happy with. Bill and Lucy would have three children, Gary and twins Debbie and Daryl. Lucy Keys went on to become a senator in New Mexico. Bobby Keys started touring at age fifteen with Bobby Vee and fellow Texan Buddy Holly, Keys met the Rolling Stones at the San Antonio Teen Fair in 1964. He is best known for his resume as a musician. Keys and Richards share exactly the same date of birth, after renewing his acquaintance with the band via Gram Parsons, a mutual friend, Keys made his debut with The Rolling Stones on the Let It Bleed track Live with Me in 1969. In addition to Brown Sugar, he was featured on such early 1970s Stones songs as Cant You Hear Me Knocking. Keys and Mick Jagger also became close in the early 1970s, together with Jim Price on trumpet, Keys toured with the Stones from 1970 to 1972. According to legend, Keys was abruptly dismissed by an incensed Jagger after filling a bathtub with Dom Perignon champagne and drinking most of it. Although Keys did not dispute the incident, he maintained in his memoir that he left the tour of his own volition to curtail his heroin addiction for the sake of his family. As a result of turmoil, Keys only guested on some shows of the 1975 and 1978 American tours. He performed only four tracks on the 1981 tour, on which Ernie Watts was the saxophonist, Keys was reinstated as the bands main touring saxophonist on the 1982 European Tour, together with Gene Barge. Keys played with the Stones on all subsequent tours up to his death, prior to touring with the Stones, Keys played with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends with Eric Clapton and George Harrison in 1969. In particular, the year 1970 was a series of notable performances. Keys started the working on Claptons first solo LP

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Wilton Felder
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Wilton Lewis Felder was an American saxophone and bass player, and is best known as a founding member of The Jazz Crusaders, later known as The Crusaders. Felder was born in Houston, Texas and studied music at Texas Southern University, Felder, Wayne Henderson, Joe Sample, and Stix Hooper founded their group while in high school in Houston. The Jazz Crusaders evolved from a jazz combo into a pioneering jazz-rock fusion group. Felder worked with the group for over thirty years, and continued to work in its later versions. He played on recordings by The Jackson 5 such as I Want You Back and The Love You Save, as well as for Marvin Gaye and he also played bass for soft rock groups like Seals and Crofts. Also of note were his contributions to the John Cale album, Paris 1919 and he was one of three bass players on Randy Newmans Sail Away and Joan Baez Diamonds & Rust. Felder also anchored albums from Joni Mitchell and Michael Franks and his solo album, Secrets, which prominently featured Bobby Womack on vocals, reached No.77 in the UK Albums Chart in 1985. The album featured the hit, Ill Still be Looking Up to You, sung by Womack. Felder played a King Super 20 tenor sax with a metal 105/0 Berg Larsen mouthpiece and he played a Fender Precision bass, and also played Aria bass guitars. Felder died at his home in Whittier, California from multiple myeloma

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Los Angeles
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Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and often known by its initials L. A. is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. With a census-estimated 2015 population of 3,971,883, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, Los Angeles is also the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the United States. The citys inhabitants are referred to as Angelenos, historically home to the Chumash and Tongva, Los Angeles was claimed by Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo for Spain in 1542 along with the rest of what would become Alta California. The city was founded on September 4,1781, by Spanish governor Felipe de Neve. It became a part of Mexico in 1821 following the Mexican War of Independence, in 1848, at the end of the Mexican–American War, Los Angeles and the rest of California were purchased as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, thereby becoming part of the United States. Los Angeles was incorporated as a municipality on April 4,1850, the discovery of oil in the 1890s brought rapid growth to the city. The completion of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913, delivering water from Eastern California, nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, and sprawling metropolis. Los Angeles also has an economy in culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine. A global city, it has been ranked 6th in the Global Cities Index, the city is home to renowned institutions covering a broad range of professional and cultural fields, and is one of the most substantial economic engines within the United States. The Los Angeles combined statistical area has a gross metropolitan product of $831 billion, making it the third-largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas. The city has hosted the Summer Olympic Games in 1932 and 1984 and is bidding to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and thus become the second city after London to have hosted the Games three times. The Los Angeles area also hosted the 1994 FIFA mens World Cup final match as well as the 1999 FIFA womens World Cup final match, the mens event was watched on television by over 700 million people worldwide. The Los Angeles coastal area was first settled by the Tongva, a Gabrielino settlement in the area was called iyáangẚ, meaning poison oak place. Gaspar de Portolà and Franciscan missionary Juan Crespí, reached the present site of Los Angeles on August 2,1769, in 1771, Franciscan friar Junípero Serra directed the building of the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, the first mission in the area. The Queen of the Angels is an honorific of the Virgin Mary, two-thirds of the settlers were mestizo or mulatto with a mixture of African, indigenous and European ancestry. The settlement remained a small town for decades, but by 1820. Today, the pueblo is commemorated in the district of Los Angeles Pueblo Plaza and Olvera Street. New Spain achieved its independence from the Spanish Empire in 1821, during Mexican rule, Governor Pío Pico made Los Angeles Alta Californias regional capital

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International Standard Book Number
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The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, the method of assigning an ISBN is nation-based and varies from country to country, often depending on how large the publishing industry is within a country. The initial ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering created in 1966, the 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108. Occasionally, a book may appear without a printed ISBN if it is printed privately or the author does not follow the usual ISBN procedure, however, this can be rectified later. Another identifier, the International Standard Serial Number, identifies periodical publications such as magazines, the ISBN configuration of recognition was generated in 1967 in the United Kingdom by David Whitaker and in 1968 in the US by Emery Koltay. The 10-digit ISBN format was developed by the International Organization for Standardization and was published in 1970 as international standard ISO2108, the United Kingdom continued to use the 9-digit SBN code until 1974. The ISO on-line facility only refers back to 1978, an SBN may be converted to an ISBN by prefixing the digit 0. For example, the edition of Mr. J. G. Reeder Returns, published by Hodder in 1965, has SBN340013818 -340 indicating the publisher,01381 their serial number. This can be converted to ISBN 0-340-01381-8, the check digit does not need to be re-calculated, since 1 January 2007, ISBNs have contained 13 digits, a format that is compatible with Bookland European Article Number EAN-13s. An ISBN is assigned to each edition and variation of a book, for example, an ebook, a paperback, and a hardcover edition of the same book would each have a different ISBN. The ISBN is 13 digits long if assigned on or after 1 January 2007, a 13-digit ISBN can be separated into its parts, and when this is done it is customary to separate the parts with hyphens or spaces. Separating the parts of a 10-digit ISBN is also done with either hyphens or spaces, figuring out how to correctly separate a given ISBN number is complicated, because most of the parts do not use a fixed number of digits. ISBN issuance is country-specific, in that ISBNs are issued by the ISBN registration agency that is responsible for country or territory regardless of the publication language. Some ISBN registration agencies are based in national libraries or within ministries of culture, in other cases, the ISBN registration service is provided by organisations such as bibliographic data providers that are not government funded. In Canada, ISBNs are issued at no cost with the purpose of encouraging Canadian culture. In the United Kingdom, United States, and some countries, where the service is provided by non-government-funded organisations. Australia, ISBNs are issued by the library services agency Thorpe-Bowker

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Spotlight on Nilsson
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Spotlight on Nilsson is the debut album by Harry Nilsson. It is essentially a compilation of all four of the singles that were released during his tenure on the Tower label and it has been re-issued numerous times over the years with different sleeves, attempting to capitalize on his later success at RCA. It was released on Pickwick as Rock N Roll, without The Path That Leads To Trouble, the track Good Times would be later covered by the Monkees as the title track for their 2016 reunion album

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Pandemonium Shadow Show
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Pandemonium Shadow Show is the second album by Harry Nilsson. It was the first product of his three-year, $50,000 recording contract with RCA Victor, unlike virtually all his earlier records, Show employed the full potential of Nilssons voice in the recording studio, turning him into what was described as a chorus of ninety-eight voices. Nilsson had hoped to use the title Something Wicked This Way Comes, but approval hadnt come by the release date, so the lesser-known title was chosen instead. Three other songs were written by Jesse Lee Kincaid, Botkin and Garfield, the album debuted to little public attention in the US and England, although it was an immediate hit in Canada, where You Cant Do That was a top 10 hit. A cover of 1941 by Canadian folk/rock artist Tom Northcott charted in both Canada and the US in 1968, fellow musician and earlier collaborator Chip Douglas introduced Nilsson to The Monkees whom he was producing. Nilsson gave an audition of his latest songs. The Monkees covered two of his songs -Cuddly Toy, and later Daddys Song (which appeared on Head - as well as becoming friends. Without Her was covered by Blood, Sweat and Tears on Child Is Father to the Man and Herb Alpert and his early work sold better after Nilsson had become better established through hits like Without You and albums like Nilsson Schmilsson. Nilsson revamped several tracks from his first two albums to one of the first remix albums, Aerial Pandemonium Ballet, in 1971

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Aerial Ballet
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Aerial Ballet is the third album by Harry Nilsson released in 1968. Aerial Ballet was Nilssons second album for RCA Victor, and was titled after the circus act of his grandparents. It consists almost entirely of songs written by him, including One, the title of the album has been given by Joey Kramer as the inspiration for Aerosmiths name and wings motif. The most familiar track from Aerial Ballet is its one cover song and it was released as a single in North America in 1968, and reached the top forty in Canada—but initially flopped in the US. However, the song was selected for use in the Oscar-winning film Midnight Cowboy and became one of Nilssons biggest hits as a performer. Another song, Little Cowboy, later featured in The Courtship of Eddies Father, was written by Nilssons mother, the CD reissue restores Daddys Song to its rightful place in the lineup. When Nilsson visited the Beatles in London during 1968, John Lennon played Nilsson Revolution and selections from the White Album, the album was reissued in 1980 on Pickwick. It had a different cover featuring a biplane in a field and it had a printed stamp in the upper right corner announcing GRAMMY AWARD WINNER, BEST CONTEMPORARY MALE VOCALIST, EVERYBODYS TALKIN. The song order was different, and the final song BATH was missing, all tracks written by Harry Nilsson, except where noted. Aerial Ballet at The Harry Nilsson Web Pages Daddys Song video with The Courtship Of Eddies Father on YouTube

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Harry (album)
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Harry is the fourth studio album by Harry Nilsson, released August 1969 on RCA. It was his first album to get onto Billboard Magazines Billboard 200 chart, reaching #120, Harry features jazz saxophonist Tom Scott, pianist Mike Melvoin, flutist Jim Horn, session drummer Jim Gordon, Larry Knechtel on bass, and David Cohen and Howard Roberts on guitars. The album has no one distinctive style but ranges over ballads, show tunes, nostalgic Americana, William E. Nora Ephron would use Harrys own version for the opening credits of her 1998 film, Youve Got Mail. Kenny Loggins covered it on his 2009 album All Join In, Ella Fitzgerald covered this song on her album Ella, released in 1969, the same year as Harry. She also performed it live on Ella Fitzgerald in Budapest, recorded in May 1970, Louis Bellson recorded a cover for his 1975 album, The Louis Bellson Explosion. In 1973, The 5th Dimension recorded the song for their album Living Together, the Beatles once referred to this recording as their favorite Beatles cover song. This song, about a homeless womans confusion and misery, has covered by Melanie Safka, Bobby Graham, Jennifer Trynin, Jiffipop. Barbra Streisand covered this song on her 1971 album Stoney End, karen Akers recorded a medley of Maybe and Nevertheless, Im in Love With You on her 1990 album, In a Very Unusual Way. Richard Barnes recorded a cover for his album, Richard Barnes. This song is based on a written by Bette Nilsson. Nilsson wrote this song for the film Midnight Cowboy, director John Schlesinger had been using Nilssons cover of Fred Neils Everybodys Talkin as an example of the kind of song he wanted on the final soundtrack, but then decided not to replace it. Had been included, it would have been eligible for an Oscar, Harry Nilsson did win a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Everybodys Talkin, however. Was used in a film – 1971s La Mortadella, starring Sophia Loren, in 1969 a popular cover version of the song was released in UK by Eternal Triangle on the Decca Label. Sinéad OConnor recorded a cover of the song for the film Youve Got Mail, oConnors version appears on the soundtrack album. Co-written with William Bill Martin in 1968, this song has been covered by Michael Nesmith, Country group the Wright Brothers Band did a medley of this song together with Dawson, in both studio and live versions, on the albums Cornfield Cowboys and Memorabila Box. The song charted for folk/rock singer Tom Northcott in Canada in 1970 and it also appeared on Valdys debut album Country Man in 1972. This is a cover of a written by Randy Newman. The song also appeared on an episode of The Muppet Show, performed by Fozzie Bear, Nilsson was impressed by Newmans talents and his next album was Nilsson Sings Newman, ten covers of songs by Newman, with Newman on piano and Nilsson doing vocals

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Nilsson Sings Newman
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Nilsson Sings Newman is the fifth studio album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released in 1970 on RCA Victor, and featuring compositions written by Randy Newman. Recorded over six weeks in late 1969, the album showcases Nilssons voice multi-tracked in layers of tone and its arrangements are otherwise spare, with most of the instrumentation provided by Newman on piano. The record was not a commercial success, but won a 1970 Record of the Year award from Stereo Review magazine. The LP record cover art was illustrated by Dean Torrence, in 1969, Nilssons album Harry ended with one of Newmans songs, Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear. Years later, Nilsson told Paul Zollo that he was in awe of Newman writing so many songs, in 1968, Ricky Nelson released his concept album Perspective, a move to expand his musical horizons. On August 20,1969, Nilsson and Newman began to record the album, after basic tracks were laid down, Nilsson spent six weeks overdubbing his voice to create layers and harmonies, line by line. As many as 118 overdubs were laid down for a single song, Nilsson often reminds the listener that he is listening to the recording of a studio album. Nilssons voice in the room is heard on several songs. On the albums final song So Long Dad, amid a chorus of voices. Louder, he counters himself by saying actually I need more current voice, forget the one thats saying more first voice. Besides piano, other instruments were used in the studio, including bass drum, tambourine. Newman was, according to Nilsson, tired of the album when we were finished making it, for him it was just doing piano and voice. Nilsson explained once I got the take down, I knew what I was going to do with it later, Newman said of his experience that he was honored that a writer with Harrys talent would choose to do an album of someone elses songs. Newman continued, he was such a singer, a virtuoso singer, really. A number of takes and songs were recorded but left off the 1970 album. Two such songs were Snow and Linda, Newman wrote one song specifically for the album, Caroline, a straightforward love song. In February 1970, the album was released by RCA Records, the cover art was completed by Dean Torrence, known for his teaming with Jan Berry to create the rock and roll duo Jan and Dean. The car is a 1938 Graham-Paige four-door sedan, rusty but working, the audio equipment and record review magazine Stereo Review named Nilsson Sings Newman their album of the year

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The Point!
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The Point. is the sixth studio album by American songwriter and musician Harry Nilsson, released in 1971. It was accompanied by a film adaptation directed by Fred Wolf. Its lead single, Me and My Arrow, peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Point. is a fable that tells the story of a boy named Oblio, the only round-headed person in the Pointed Village, Nilsson explained his inspiration for The Point. I was on acid and I looked at the trees and I realized that all came to points, and the little branches came to points. Everything has a point, and if it doesnt, then theres a point to it, the round-headed Oblio has had to wear a pointed hat since birth to conceal his pointless condition from his pointy-headed peers. However, Oblio is accepted in the town despite his nonconformity until one day when the son of a count is unwittingly dishonored by Oblio. The counts son challenges Oblio to a game of Triangle Toss where participants catch triangles on their heads. Oblio wins with the help of his dog Arrow, a jury reluctantly convicts both Oblio and Arrow leaving the king with no choice but to send the pair away. Oblio and Arrow are sent to the Pointless Forest, but soon discover that even the Pointless Forest has a point, Oblio and Arrow spend the night in the Pointless Forest, then awaken to a large stone hand with the finger pointing to their destination. They take the road indicated by the hand and make their way back to the Land of Point, where they receive a welcome from the lands citizens. Oblio begins to tell his story but is interrupted by the furious count, Oblio tells the king and the people of the land that everything has a point, including the Pointless Forest, and himself. Angered, the count pulls off Oblios pointed hat but is taken aback when he sees a point on top of Oblios bare head, upon this revelation the points of everyone else in the land disappear and pointed buildings become round. The Nilsson album called The Point, features the same songs as the film, and the same basic fable. However, the device of the father and son is discarded. A comic storyboard, illustrated by Gary Lund, was included with the record when it was first released. All tracks written by Harry Nilsson, the film version of The Point. First aired February 2,1971, on the ABC television network as an ABC Movie of the Week, the film was directed by Fred Wolf and produced by Murakami-Wolf Films in association with Nilsson House Music

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Nilsson Schmilsson
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Nilsson Schmilsson is the seventh album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released by RCA Records in November 1971. It was Nilssons most commercially successful work, producing three of his best-known songs, among these was the number 1 hit Without You, written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of the group Badfinger. The album was the first of two Nilsson albums recorded in London and produced by Richard Perry, jump into the Fire and Coconut, both written by Nilsson, also became hits. The album performed well at the 1973 Grammy Awards, earning a nomination for Album of the Year, in 2006, Nilsson Schmilsson was ranked number 84 on Pitchforks Top 100 Albums of the 1970s. All tracks written by Harry Nilsson, except where noted

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Son of Schmilsson
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Son of Schmilsson is the eighth album by American singer Harry Nilsson. Nilsson was being pressured to produce an album similar to his 1971 breakthrough, Nilsson Schmilsson. The album was produced by Richard Perry and features contributions from former Beatles Ringo Starr. Other musicians on the recording include Nicky Hopkins, Klaus Voormann, Bobby Keys, among the albums tracks are Youre Breakin My Heart and the US hit Spaceman. Most of the sessions were filmed, at the request of Nilsson. The footage was to be used for a documentary, titled Did Somebody Drop His Mouse. But the film was never released, the album cover for Son of Schmilsson features a photo of Nilsson taken at Harrisons home, Friar Park. The album was remastered and released on CD with two tracks in 2000 and with five bonus tracks in 2006. All tracks written by Harry Nilsson except where noted,6, London, England – choir The Henry Krein Quartet with Klaus Voormann – rhythm section Henry Krein – accordion Paul Keogh – guitar Les Thatcher – guitar Album Single

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Pussy Cats
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Pussy Cats is the tenth album by American singer Harry Nilsson, released in 1974. It was produced by John Lennon during his Lost Weekend period, the album title was inspired by the bad press Nilsson and Lennon were getting at the time for being drunk and rowdy in Los Angeles. They also included a joke on the cover – childrens letter blocks D and S on either side of a rug under a table − to spell out drugs under the table in code. The album was started in Los Angeles, but Lennon ultimately finished producing it in New York, during the recording sessions, Nilsson ruptured one of his vocal cords but chose to keep this from Lennon. He forced himself to push through the sessions, which caused more damage. Among the many musicians on Pussy Cats are drummers Ringo Starr, Keith Moon and Jim Keltner, other contributors include Jesse Ed Davis, Klaus Voormann, and Bobby Keys. After the first night of recording, March 28, Paul McCartney, bootleg recordings from this session were later released as the album A Toot and a Snore in 74. A quadrophonic version was released on record and eight-track tape, the songs were treated to special mixes for this issue of the album. In June 1999, a commemorative 25th anniversary edition of Pussy Cats was released, in October 2006, a track-by-track cover of the album was released by indie rock band The Walkmen. All tracks composed by Harry Nilsson except where indicated. Many Rivers to Cross –4,56 Subterranean Homesick Blues –3,17 Dont Forget Me –3,37 All My Life –3,11 Old Forgotten Soldier –4,14 Save the Last Dance for Me –4,25 Mucho Mungo/Mt

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Duit on Mon Dei
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Duit On Mon Dei is the eleventh album by Harry Nilsson. The original title for album was Gods Greatest Hits but RCA didnt approve. The title is a spelling of Do It On Monday. It was originally used on the cover of Ringo Starrs 1973 album Ringo